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December 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court's ruling for an employer who terminated an employee for not providing...

December 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - House Education & the Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Ways & Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (R-California) today announced an agreement...

December 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fast-growing health care costs are soon to become the largest portion of employers' total benefits outlays.

December 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Paychex Inc. has introduced a new health savings account (HSA) product available to its small business payroll clients and clients of its comprehensive...

December 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - OppenheimerFunds Inc. has announced that it has added the Roth 401(k) and Roth 403(b) options to its retirement programs effective January 1, 2006.

December 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has said it may settle regulatory complaints with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office and the Securities...

December 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. plans to acquire Ibbotson Associates, a firm best known for its asset allocation services, in a sign that consolidation in the...

December 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In response to all the concern about its reported deficit, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) posted a Q & A, "Understanding the...

December 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers can enjoy a kick start of energy from workers who are engaged in their jobs and their company if they regularly poll...

December 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers who offer behavioral counseling benefits need to standardize delivery of those services and programs to make sure all patients receive effective, high...

December 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new UK employee survey found that many were being asked to shoulder the workload properly handled by two people.

November 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian pensioners may be getting short changed by the federal government, according to study by Canada's Association for the Fifty-Plus (CARP).

November 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American International Group (AIG)., the world's largest insurer, said Wednesday that its previously announced settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the...

November 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oracle Corp's hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft moves back into the courts with a Delaware state judge set to resume hearing testimony in...

October 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York state judge has dismissed criminal charges against a former Bank of America broker accused of helping a hedge fund carry...

October 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court affirmed a ruling against two former Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. executives whose termination payments have been frozen by the...

October 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In its quarterly regulatory report, A.G. Edwards Inc. stated the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may bring a civil injunctive action against it...

December 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers shelled out an average $26.05 in compensation per hour worked in September, according to the latest government data.

December 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets in 529 college savings plans reached $63.4 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2005, according to data by the...

December 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Maryland has allowed a K plan participant to push forward with his allegations of an Employee Retirement Income Security...